Hurd of NHTSA said at least 30 children, most of them unbelted, have been killed in the past three years by airbags.
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The reason that they open so aggressively is that the test that the bags had to pass until Friday was to protect unbelted dummies.
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Similarly, air bags can be dangerous to unbelted children who move too close to the point where the bags explode out of the dash.
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_In a car crash at 30 mph, an unbelted child hits the dashboard with as much force as a fall from three stories.
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An officer issued a warning ticket to her mother-in-law, Joanne Hofstetter, who was sitting unbelted in the passenger seat.
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There are no legions of mothers against unbelted driving prowling the halls of legislatures, no horror stories complete with prom photos or graduation pictures.
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And the new version of 208, as the standard is known, also aims to enhance protection for both belted and unbelted car occupants.
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"If 40 percent of the population is belted, that means a lot of kids are seeing their parents unbelted, " Hirsh said.
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In Canada, where driving unbelted can cost a driver points on his license, 90 percent of drivers buckle up, the safety board said.
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That turns out to be true for baby seats, too, according to a recent survey of parents who received tickets for having unbelted children.
